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Designator id: 2009-059A

Description of SMOS Satellite:

SMOS, ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite, was launched on a Rokot rocket with a Breeze KM upper stage from Plesetsk on 02 November 2009 at 01:50 UT. The primary instrument for the 658 kg satellite is the L-band MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis) radiometer composed of a 69 element Y-shaped antenna array. The satellite will monitor sea surface salinity and soil moisture on a global scale. SMOS data will be used to build maps of salinity and moisture levels and contribute to global circulation models.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-11-02
Launch Vehicle: Rokot
Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia

Funding Agencies:
European Space Agency (International)

Disciplines:
Earth Science

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 36036U 09059A   12338.78118269 -.00000043  00000-0  00000+0 0  9515
2 36036 098.4382 163.0492 0000782 063.5108 296.6165 14.39761398162273

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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